Chicken Cooked in Coke

1 kg chicken pieces (depending on amount of people)

1 pkt. French onion soup

1 onion

1 capsicum (red or green)

1 sml. can champignons (optional)

1 carrot, diced

3/4 cup peas

1 litre bottle coke

Method: Lightly brown chicken pieces in frypan. When browned take out and drain, also drain fat out of frypan. Replace chicken pieces in frypan. Pour coke over so chicken is covered, add french onion soup, onion, capsicum, carrot and champignons. Simmer for 45-60 minutes. Add peas last. The coke will go into a gravy. It does not sound very nice, but it is beautiful. You can use diet coke or tab. Serve with mashed potatoes or rice.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.93.

Coke Chicken

2 chicken breasts

1 pkt Continental French Onion soup (has to be Continental!)

Coca Cola (the real stuff)

Method: Chop chicken into cubes and put into a pyrex dish. Sprinkle soup over chicken. Add enough Coke to just over [sic] the chicken. Cook in 180C oven for approx 1 hour or in a microwave for approx 20-30 mins. Cook until chicken is cooked and liquid has thickened. (During cooking, more Coke may be needed). Serve with rice or vegies.

Source: contributed by Melissa Ramm in Burra Kindy Cookbook (Burra, 2002).